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[ US /ˈhɝd/ ]
[ UK /hˈɜːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
  2. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
    his brilliance raised him above the ruck
    the children resembled a fairy herd
  3. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
VERB
  1. move together, like a herd
  2. keep, move, or drive animals
    Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?
  3. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
    We herded the children into a spare classroom

How To Use herd In A Sentence

  • Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
  • The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
  • The herds and bands of elephants, horses, dancing girls and musicians, and scenes from the Ramayana come alive on the outer walls of the temple.
  • The field is still popularly associated more with tents than texts: stones, bones, and potsherds.
  • What makes all these people come to the club? In my view it's the herd instinct.
  • They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. ” The “herd” consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
  • This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
  • As it was evident he was in no mood for converse, Sybil, who seemed to exercise considerable authority over the crew, with a word dispersed them, and they herded back to their respective habitations. Rookwood
  • He is like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, leading a herd of corporate dinosaurs over the cliff and bellowing as he goes.
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